For packing and selling grapefruit in 1-3/5 bushel wirebound boxes,

houses in the smallest volume group had total costs of only 29 cents

above the average cost, while those in the largest volume group had

costs about 6 cents less than the average. The range in total costs

this season was extreme on the high side, but with little change from

the preceding season in the lowest costs.

 Materials cost did not seem to vary with size, and total labor

costs were not closely related to volume by groups. The other direct

operating costs and the indirect or fixed costs did, in general, de-

crease by size groups.

 There were packinghouses that had high as well as low .:e>s in

each volume group. This variation within groups is shown in Tables 10

and 11 for 1-3/5 bushel wirebound boxes and indicates that the larger

volume groups contained more houses with low cents than the smaller

seasonal volume groups.


TABLE 10.--Variation in the Cost of Packing an.
 4/5 Bushel Wirebound Boxes, by Volume Groups,

 Number of Boxes Handled
Cost per 1-3/5 Bushel Under 200,000
 200.000 399.999


Selling Florida ORANGES in
41 Packinghouses, 1962-63.

(1-3/5 bu. Equivalent
 400,000 All
 and Over Volumes


 - - Number of Packinghouses - -
Under -$1.50 -- 2 3 5
$1.50 1.59 1 -- 5 6
1.60 1.69 -- 2 1 3
1.70 1.79 3 3 2 8
1.80 1.89 -- -- 2 2
1.90 1.99 2 1 1 4
2.00 and over 6 2 -- 8
 Total 12 1" 14 36

 Wtd. Average Cost $1.88 $1.81 $1.67 $1.73


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